Belgium says loot boxes are gambling, wants them banned in Europe

[vivster]

Nem said:

vivster said:

As long as digital goods can be exchanged for money, the value is whatever people pay for it. Welcome to the 21st century where physical goods aren't the only thing that hold value. Weird argument.

No, a card is a physical toy. It's not about the value associated with it. 

A child buys a booster of cards and they 100% get a toy.

A child buy a lootbox, they get no toy. They keep clicking the button until they feel they do.

Has nothing to do with 21st century, just reality.

So you're saying it's impossible to play with digital goods? Oh god, somebody tell the people who buy their games digitally! Also someone should tell those stupid kids with their gameboys that they're not actually playing with toys and are actually having no fun whatsoever and completely wasted their money.

 

If this is not about value then your arbitrary line between paper and digital goods hasn't any value either. Everything is about value. And value can be applied to basically anything. And that's what it's about.